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For me thing that the most improved my game is playing strong opponents. Having many games with opponents way below your level is very boring and I think develops many bad habits. When you wait for an opponent I highly advise to filter in an options to only be matched to ones on your level. Even be...

I reviewed your one losing game. I don't think you have a good understanding of some basic principles, which are not very complex. A high elo player tutor will help. Or just simply review games between high elo players and think why they are doing this. Reviewing in great detail games between high ...

All of Pistolstar's great advice is also the best way to improve at chess. However in chess there is a huge amount of literature on the principles, strategies from beginner to master level, and a wealth of coaches for personalised training. This does not exist for Castles of Burgundy, which present...

I would like to add, that these 4 "new tiles" were already included in the 2019 Edition. Only unfortunately not on BGA. Here are some more expansions included in both the physical 2019 edition and the special edition, which some of you might find interesting. Inns: I really love to play wi...

About the special edition's Yellow Tile 6: I've never played with the special edition yellow tile 6, but I think it's new ability is greatly underpowered and super boring. It's so sad to see the "Buy from anywhere with 2 silverlings ability" to leave the game entirely. It's such a shame. I...

Thank you for your warm words. I'm glad you found this post that helpful.

I find the base game boards the by far best balanced boards. I would welcome all these boards below, as I find them well balanced or at least balanced enough. I enjoy playing all these boards. From best to worst: 10g https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1122969/castles-burgundy-1st-expansion-new-player-b...

So... I appreciate all of the input and I do have to admit, I posted after a very difficult game so, yes, my comments were out of frustration. Evidently, I am lacking in understanding of statistical calculations. There are however, what seems like some very unlikely incidents while playing this gam...

For me, it was to analyze the games I've lost as hard as I could. I've tried to really dig deep to understand in great detail all the reasons why I've lost. I've also searched for reoccuring patterns in losing games. E.g. on which boards do I tend to lose more often? Which stronger opposition approa...

53 (35) example => For my understanding it doesn't matter what the first of the 3 consecutive identical rolls was, except for the 1/6 chance of rolling doubles, because doubles are much less likely to hit 2 more consecutive times. These non double combinations will be rolled 5/6 times per roll. Then...